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respect to tobacco, let it be defined as follows:—"Tabacus est herba in quâ inest nicotinica et soporifera virtus"—Tobacco is a herb in which resides a nicotinic and soporific virtue.

Next to definition cometh division, which, sooth to say, is somewhat difficult and requireth consideration. And the reason of this difficulty is to be imputed to a certain variant form of tobacco known as the cigar—that is to say, tobacco, not shred finely, but rolled and compacted in such a way as to be smokable without the medium of a pipe. Also there is another form known as the cigarette, which is shred tobacco constricted within a roll of thin paper. Some would differentiate these two forms and consider them apart, but I deem it unnecessary,